The Mill, with studios in London and N.Y., has re-launched Mill Film, an artist-led shop creating high end film visual effects for the movie industry. The Mill’s work in television over the past few years has centred on creating work of enormous complexity very quickly. The team is now extending this commitment to features via Mill Film. The Mill’s TV and film studio currently employs 60 staff and expects to expand in the near future. Roma O’Connor recently joined as head of production. She is one of London’s leading senior visual effects producers with over 13 years experience in the industry. In her role as director/executive producer at former CIS/Rainmaker, London, her recent credits include The Watchman, Slumdog Millionaire, Tropic Thunder and The Duchess…..Proton, New York, has added editors Nathan Petty, Edward Feldman and Erik “EJ” Johnson. Petty’s past roosts include now defunct agency Goldberg Moser O’Neill in San Francisco where he served as senior editor, and later S.F. postproduction houses Umlaut Films and Spy Post. Feldman was at the former Bob N’ Sheila’s Edit World, San Francisco, and then Umlaut. He also diversified into directing. And Johnson has held posts at such shops as Crew Cuts, MacKenzie Cutler and Mad River Post….Computer-generated character animation and visual effects studio SpeakeasyFX in Westfield, N.J., has added executive producer Sally Anne Syberg, animation director Jan Carlée and art director/designer David Michael Friend. SpeakeasyFX is headed by owner/executive director Scott Stewart…..
Director Cassandra Brooksbank Joins Monument Content For Spots and Branded Content
Monument Content has signed director Cassandra “Cassie” Brooksbank for U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content. She brings to her directing and storytelling the experience and skills of a writer, conceptual artist, editor and visual effects artist.
Her body of work as a director includes Pepsi’s “Selfie” featuring Lionel Messi amid a flurry of fans, Barclays madcap women’s Soccer League spot where she collaborated closely with the agency to develop the creative, ultimately winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sports Industry Awards, and a grass-roots campaign for Fellow Coffee. The latter just didn’t brew buzz; it helped raise $1.2 million on Kickstarter.
Prior to joining Monument Content, Brooksbank had been repped in the U.S. for commercials by production house Hey Wonderful.
On the long-form front, she is repped by CAA for film and television. And on the horizon is her debut feature, My Masterpiece, produced by Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions and backed by Amazon.
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